Chapter 1044: Chapter 797: Mana Pouring Out
Watching Lingling slowly approach Long Yi, Ze Ka’s mind went blank. And where was there any sign of dejection on Long Yi’s face? He was laughing heartily, almost to the point of rolling on the ground.
"Come on, Staff of Cosmic Stone, let me see what kind of power you truly possess..." Long Yi imitated Ze Ka, then continued to laugh wildly without any semblance of an image.
Ze Ka’s old face turned red. He had never dreamed that he would be played repeatedly like this!
"I’m going to kill you!" Ze Ka roared furiously, gripping the magic staff tightly in his hand as numerous runes formed a mana storm behind him.
"This is just a match, if you plan to kill me, then I have no choice but to fight back," Long Yi said.
"Die!" Ze Ka had no intention of wasting words with Long Yi because he knew the more he talked, the more he would be led by the nose by Long Yi. He had lost face, and the only way to regain it was to kill Long Yi! This was not just for himself, but also for Elder Solis!
"Magic pours forth!"
Within the tempest of mana, runes constantly combined, and a mighty mana was extracted from Ze Ka’s body, forming spells automatically. Various lethal spells, roaring with power, lunged at Long Yi and Xiaodie below drooled at the sight. This was nothing but pure energy; what bliss it would be to swallow it all in one gulp!
However, Long Yi didn’t see any of this; the spell storm caught his eye.
The spell was definitely not something that could be finished in an instant, which meant that even though Ze Ka had indeed been greedy for the Staff of Cosmic Stone just now, he had not stopped preparing his own spells. Or rather, he even used his own greedy performance to buy enough time to prepare this spell.
If he could obtain the Staff of Cosmic Stone, it would be a huge gain; if he couldn’t, his follow-up spells were already prepared.
"You really are not simply a fool!" Long Yi said with a smile, accelerating swiftly.
"Sail with the Wind! Agile Movements! Keen Senses!"
Three spells enhancing agility were cast on himself, and Long Yi shuttled back and forth among the various spells. Apart from the few that were targeted, most of the spells could be dodged.
It had to be said that Ze Ka’s choice of spells was very particular. They were not randomly fired but followed certain patterns. Using targeted spells to delay your action, then immediately casting restricting spells to further delay your movement, followed by bombarding with powerful spells. In this downpour of spells, Long Yi’s margin for error was extremely low. Originally intended to deal with a group of targets, akin to a small tactical spell, it was now used against Long Yi himself, signifying that Ze Ka had not underestimated him from the very beginning.
An eye for an eye.
While constantly dodging, Long Yi also didn’t stop casting spells. Ze Ka naturally realized that Long Yi was casting, so he increased the frequency and potency of his spell downpour while also preparing for defense in secret since he didn’t know what kind of counterattack Long Yi would opt for. In all of Long Yi’s battles, he always used an unexpectedly unorthodox approach to defeat his opponents, and he relished in this.
What was Long Yi doing?
He, too, was preparing for his own spell downpour!
If this were not too long ago, the task of dodging an opponent’s spells with all one’s might, defensively countering the bombardment, while learning new spells simultaneously, would have been extremely difficult. But now Long Yi managed to do this with ease; Ze Ka’s ’spell downpour’ allowed Long Yi to easily deconstruct it and then adapt it into his own version.
Whether it was the outcome of mental training or the influence of Divine Status, Long Yi didn’t know, but as long as it wasn’t a bad thing, that was all that mattered.
"Magic Dispel!"
Long Yi thunderously cast Mana Dispel, expending his own mana as the price to forcefully expel all spell effects in the vicinity. Without surprise, Ze Ka’s spell downpour was also dispersed.
"I knew you’d do that!"
Ze Ka laughed heartily as, almost instantaneously, a new mana storm formed behind him—a fresh round of spell downpour. Ze Ka had guessed what spell Long Yi would choose; now with the Staff of Cosmic Stone in hand and not lacking in mana, Long Yi’s best option would be to use Magic Dispel. And indeed, this was exactly Long Yi’s choice.
But what Ze Ka didn’t expect was that suddenly, a mana storm burst forth behind Long Yi.
"Magic downpour!"
Long Yi grinned!
A spell storm identical to Ze Ka’s, brewing countless spells!
"Do you think that by learning the spell downpour, you’ve learned everything? The key lies in how to combine and arrange the spells within it! How much could you have learned in these few short minutes?" Ze Ka shouted contemptuously.
"That’s right, it can’t be learned. But I can choose the simplest and most brutal method," Long Yi said with a smile.
The simplest and most brutal method?
Ze Ka was taken aback, then he understood.
Among all spells, the most straightforward and brutal would be the Magic Missile. Made of pure mana, it could easily be overlaid with various properties. Although limited in power on its own, it possessed the fastest casting speed!
When the sky was filled with Magic Missiles blocking all in view, the onlookers at the scene were scared out of their wits.
Long Yi, in a frenzied state, had infused this spell with a barrage of magic missiles, with each missile carrying a different property. There were flames, frost, lightning, and some were even made of metal.
The dense swarm of magic missiles made even Ze Ka feel a tingle on his scalp.
Another unique aspect of the magic missiles was their spell-nullifying nature.
Theoretically, since magic missiles were made purely of mana, they could interfere with other spells and cause spell nullification. However, due to the inherent weakness of the magic missiles, this nullifying effect wasn’t very pronounced against more powerful spells.
But what does it matter when there are so many?
The spells from both sides collided, constantly nullifying each other between them, and the space around the annulled spells continuously affected the stability of the surrounding space. The inexplicable shaking kept coming, growing ever more intense.
Crack!
A rift unexpectedly formed on the side of space!
As soon as the first rift appeared, a second, and then a third and fourth followed swiftly! In the blink of an eye, spatial rifts of various sizes had spread across the entire battlefield, and those rifts were emerging closer and closer to Long Yi and Ze Ka!
"Whoever steps back first loses," Long Yi shouted.
"Hmph!" Ze Ka didn’t respond, as he was concentrating all his energy on maintaining his spell.
The audience watching the match was utterly astonished. Space rifts resulting purely from the annihilation of mana—it was the first time such a large-scale phenomenon had occurred! Some researchers seized this opportunity to record all the data.
"Crack!"
A rift appeared next to Long Yi, grazing his arm. Thankfully, it was only a superficial wound. Then another rift split open behind him, gashing a huge wound across his back. The crowd immediately gasped in shock. Had the rift moved slightly forward, Long Yi would have been cut diagonally in half!
"Give up, kid; you’re almost dead!" Ze Ka laughed loudly.
"Really?" Long Yi retorted disdainfully. Such an injury was nothing to him. Although he wasn’t standing on solid ground, he had acquired the full power of the Sacred Rock, which greatly enhanced his recovery abilities.
Almost simultaneously, a rift opened beside Ze Ka. Startled, his hand trembled, slipping past the edge of the rift, and shockingly, the sharp edge of the spatial rift sheared off half of his little finger!
"Looks like the one about to die is you, haha!" Long Yi laughed heartily.
Ze Ka stopped talking; he had begun to discern the pattern in which the spatial rifts were forming. These rifts weren’t appearing out of nowhere; they followed the paths of mana flow. And if one side was at a disadvantage, due to the tidal effects of mana, the rifts were more likely to appear on the side that was losing!
So, now was absolutely not the time to lose!
Ze Ka had already figured it out, and there was no way Long Yi couldn’t have seen it too. Therefore, Long Yi was also continuously boosting his mana output. Down below, Xiaodie was swallowing incessantly, lamenting the waste of such tremendous energy!
And just then, an unexpected change occurred!
The previously static spatial rifts actually began to move! They slowly converged toward the center, completely merging to form a massive black hole and started frenetically devouring the magic of Long Yi and Ze Ka!
No! Not just magic—the incredible gravitational pull began dragging Long Yi and Ze Ka directly toward the black hole.
Clang!
Long Yi embedded his staff into the ground, anchoring himself firmly in place. Ze Ka, however, lacked such a method. He struggled desperately, attempting to use magic to secure himself, but every time he cast a spell, the black hole would completely devour it!
"No!"
Unable to withstand the pull, Ze Ka was abruptly sucked into the black hole, which then closed up completely. Long Yi’s barrage of spells ceased, and a hush fell over the surroundings.
"Did I just win?" Long Yi asked the referee.
The referee was equally perplexed. An Elder had just been swallowed up—how should he make the call?
However, just at that moment, space suddenly shuddered, and the black hole reopened. A man walked out of it while laughing heartily.
"You didn’t really think I, Ze Ka the Devourer of Mana, would vanish like that, did you?"
Long Yi frowned slightly, "It seems I’ve been tricked."
The smile on Ze Ka’s face grew even brighter, "Of course, you have been tricked! All your actions were within my expectations! The moment you unleashed your barrage of spells, I had already secretly begun my mana devouring! Did you think these spatial rifts came out of nowhere? Those were the channels I used to devour your spells! Hahaha!" (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
